A/N: Finally it's here!! It took me quite some time to figure this out. It felt more of I’m actually writing another one-shot of MaYuki instead. But well, guess it works in some ways? It’s MaYuki moments after all! Hope you all enjoy and find pleasure reading this!
We will meet again…
[Epilogue ~ MaYuki ver.]
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Konichiwa…This is Watanabe Mayu.
Ah…time flies by so fast. 10 years already? I couldn’t believe that…it had been years since I broke up with Yukirin…but it felt like it’s just yesterday.
Many things happened…and we broke up. I didn’t have a choice to decide, or even tell Yukirin the story behind all. It’s for her sake…without having her know is to protect her.
Now, I wondered what’s Yukirin doing? She must have a normal life with an ordinary man already. I want her to be happy…and that’s probably the best option for her. At first, I thought my love for her wouldn’t last long after we broke up…but ended up that I loved and yearned for her even more.
That’s the worse. The pain in my chest is killing me……
~DING~DONG~
“Hm? Someone’s here this late?”
Jun jumped off the couch he was sitting and went to the door. He looked through the hole to see who came to visit Matsui’s residence this late and it’s someone he’s familiar with. He opened the door without hesitation and with excitement for the mysterious guest. “Ohh~!”
“Jun-kun!? I told you to not open the door until you know who it is!” Rena yelled from the kitchen but then Jun ignored her scold instead.
“Mom~ It’s Mayu-san!”
Right after Jun told her mother the guest’s name, Rena immediately dropped all what she’s doing and jerked her head out to see Mayu. Her eyes stared upon her very friend, who had this pale expression on her. Rena didn’t felt good about this. After she had done putting the laundry in the machine, they sat down at the living together without Jun bothering their private conversation. Mayu’s appearance had so much. She let her hair down and didn’t look like a kid like she used to be anymore. It’s due to her current job that shaped up into a mature aura; she’s working as a lawyer since it’s due to her father’s demand. Her father was one of the Supreme Court judge himself. They had to admit that they became quite close with each other right after Mayu broke up with Yuki. They occasionally met and talked with each other through out the past years already.
“Mayu, what happen?”
“…You see…”
Rena listened to Mayu’s story and was in complete shock. It was just this early evening that Mayu received an wedding invitation from her father and she’s forced to attend since it was her cousin’s wedding. However, what made everything much more badly was that the bride was no other than Kashiwagi Yuki, her love. Mayu didn’t know how to deal with this stress, so she decided to come straight to Rena’s place right after she received the news from her father. Rena couldn’t believe it and suddenly went out from the room. Then she came back with same wedding invitation card that Mayu received from her father. So it seemed she also received an invitation from the wedding as well but she still couldn’t believe it until Mayu came here. “I just got it today, probably it’s from Yukirin too…”
“I knew that this day would come…I never knew that it could be this painful.” Mayu sighed and stared down onto the ground with that hopelessness in her eyes. “I guess that’s how things goes…”
“Hey don’t give up so easily like that!”
Rena stood up and yelled out loud to her. It made Mayu stunned. She never thought the Rena would raise her voice like that at her. She believed that Rena knew the answer to begin with yet she asked.
“Hey…Do you actually love Yukirin?”
That question struck at her heart, she rose up and raised her voice up at Rena. Mixed of sadness and anger rushed up to her face. She couldn’t believe that her friend would even ask her this. Rena was the only one that knew so well how much Mayu loved and cared Yukirin. “Of course I do! She’s everything to me! I love her…”
Mayu’s voice got softened down and Rena could see her friend’s body trembling. She could tell that Mayu was afraid, but then she grabbed onto her shoulder tightly. She looked up to make eye contact with Rena quietly. “Then you have to take that risk! You can’t get anything if you never risk for it…you have to if you want Yukirin back.”
“…!”
The young lawyer was completely dumbfounded as she saw the image of Jurina overlapping of Rena. The image of her best friend had made her mind blown away. However, before she could’ve said anything further, Rena continued where she left off. “I know how it feels to risk…It’s painful isn’t?” She embraced her friend and stroked her head gently with worries.
“No matter what, have faith in yourself and your love for Yukirin. Tell her what you felt with no regrets…neh?”
Many things ran through her thoughts. She remembered Jurina’s words that she had long forgotten. That was Jurina’s final courage that was given to her on the day she asked Yuki to be her girlfriend. It made her wondered why did she forgot about this…something had started to bloom from inside her heart. She hugged Rena back and let out a soft smile with relief. It seemed Mayu had made some decision inside her head. Her face clearly that she had finally carried a resolution in her already. “…Rena, thank you. You really did change after all.”
“Did I?”
“…That feels great. It felt as if I was lectured by Jurina again.”
Mayu giggled with relief. Rena’s glad that she could make her friend smile right now, but that’s not the end of it yet. Fortunately, before she could say anything Mayu had a request to ask her first. “…Rena, I want you to watch me and witness the ‘risk’ I’m deciding to take.”
“You don’t have to ask me, I’ll definitely be there to see for sure.”
They both giggled before they exchanged handshakes firmly. Mayu had decided to return back home even though Rena offered Mayu to stay at her place for tonight. However, she didn’t want to bother Matsui-sensei further. She had to make some plans and make up her mind before the wedding night. No one knew what’s the risk that Mayu decided to take and only Rena could do was wait until that day to come.
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It’s the night of Yuki’s wedding event. Both relatives from Kashiwagi and Watanabe side came to congratulate both the groom and the bride of the event. Yuki had grown up to become a beautiful woman. She was in her pure white wedding dress and greeted the guest that came to her wedding, however she also wandered her eyes around to find her best friend through the huge crowd of guests. Spotting a very familiar figure, her eyes grew wide and a smile stretched across her face. “Ah…Rena-chan!”
“Yukirin!” Rena was in a black dress and it made her looked extremely elegant. “You looked really pretty tonight.”
“Thank you Rena-chan…you too.” They both stood with each other and had a quick chat before her to-be-husband called her over. There were still guests that they had to go greet, but before she left Rena she made sure to ask a question first. “By chance…did you see Mayu today?”
“I didn’t see her yet. But I heard from her that she’s coming.”
“I see…”
Yuki sighed softly hopefully no one caught that from her. But Rena was a teacher; she could catch that slightest change in Yuki’s expression. She looked sad despite today being the best day that all women wished for. She had this forced smile on her face before she left. “Thank you so much for coming, I’ll come back to you as soon as I can.”
“Don’t worry. I’ll see you around.”
Rena immediately knew what occupied Yuki’s thoughts from her expression. Also, she knew Yuki long enough that they shared secrets with each other, that’s how Rena knew that Yuki had to marry with this man she didn’t love due to family’s businesses. Now that she had thought about Mayu, she wondered what her friend was plotting for this wedding. She couldn’t do anything only but watch everything until the end as Mayu requested her to do so.
-
…The wedding ceremony was about to begin.
Rena started to be impatient and wondered where could her friend be and what’s she planning to do right now. She could see that Yuki’s face was completely lifeless. The bride had no desire to marry but she’s forced for her family’s sake. They’re doing an official marriage ceremony here in this grand hotel. They even invited a priest to conduct the wedding ceremony for both the groom and bride. Rena could tell from Yuki’s expression that she’s simply counting down to eternal despair…there’s nothing she’s looking forward to at all. Her life would be under this man’s control forever. She didn’t have a choice to decide whom to marry.
“Watanabe Satoshi, will you take Kashiwagi Yuki as your wife?” The priest asked and the man nodded.
“Kashiwagi Yuki, will you take Watanabe Satoshi as your husband?” He turned to the listless bride and the woman forcefully nodded.
“…I will.”
“Well then, you may kiss the bride---” Right before the priest could finish his words, a yell interrupted him out of nowhere.
“WAIT!” It had caught everyone’s attention to the person standing alone in the middle. The moment the bride had her eyes met with that person, she couldn’t hold back her dramatic reaction. She’s a woman, not in a dress, but a pair of jeans and casual clothing of hers. Yuki was emotionally impacted, as she hadn’t seen her ex-girlfriend’s face ever since they broke up. Mayu never showed up ever again, it had been years since she saw her.
“M-Mayu…!?” The bride’s voice quivered as she uttered her girlfriend’s name.
“Sorry, I got objection with the marriage.”
Mayu actually smiled, and that made Rena stumbled. The teacher didn’t expected reckless thing like this to happen, especially by her all-time-cautious friend. Suddenly, Mayu’s father stood up and everyone could tell that he’s completely furious with his daughter’s outrageous actions.
“Why are you in that clothing? Where are your manners Mayu!?”
His roar echoed loudly. Everyone remained in deep silence, however it didn’t have any effect on Mayu at the slightest. She turned to him and gave that eyes of rebellion back at him. It’s a rare sight to see Mayu glared back at her father. It really did have on his nerves and made him even angrier than he was at the moment. “How dare you even look at me with those eyes…?!”
She tightened her fist and yelled back at him immediately after a short pause of silence. “I had enough with your control now. At this moment, I’ll do what ever I wanted.” She walked up without hesitation towards the bride and grabbed her hand tightly. It caused both Mayu and Yuki to make eye contact with one another at that second, but she didn’t utter a single word to the bride. “…”
Yuki wondered but then Mayu diverted her gaze away and turned towards the groom instead.
“I’m sorry Satoshi, but I can’t let you have Yuki as your wife.”
Mayu grinned widely, which was completely contradicting with that serious face she had a second ago. Now, the commotion was escalating among the guests in the event and it’s especially getting on her father’s nerves.
“I hope you didn’t forget the deal! You insolent child…!”
He grumbled and threatened Mayu, but this time she chose not to be affected by it like how it happened in the past again. She gulped softly and decided that this would be the change for everything, including the change for herself as well.
“You’ll regret this!”
“Too bad, I won’t regret what I’ve done now.”
She declared out to the guests and everyone in the room. “Only thing I regret is to abandon Yuki like a coward because of you, and I won’t make that mistake again!!”
~WHOOSH~
Out of a sudden, the light went out and caused a huge commotion and shock in the room. Rena immediately realized that the timing was too perfect to be a coincidence. It must have been Mayu’s plan, that’s what she thought. It took quite a while for the lights to turn back on but when it did, Mayu and the bride had already disappeared from the room. Her father immediately knew that it was all according to his daughter’s scheme. Everyone in the room got panicked with the disappearance of the bride and Rena was left gawked at where she was sitting. But at the same time, she couldn’t hide her laugh from what she’s witnessing with both her eyes. Everything happened so fast and with a perfect timing, everything was calculated perfectly just like how typical Mayu would be. However, what was different this time was that she’s taking such a huge risk by kidnapping the bride right in the middle of the ceremony like that.
-
It’s a starry sky. Also, a full moon too.
Mayu had brought Yuki up to roof deck as they were running all the way. Gratefully, the room where the wedding was hosted was just few floors below from here. She only could hope that no one would catch them here. She took a deep breath of the fresh air and enjoyed the moment of her success with the kidnapping plan. The sky was clear and they could see the stars so clearly.
“Ah~ the air is just so fresh.”
“U-Uh…”
Yuki fidget uneasily and felt quite awkward right now. However, before she could even think of anything, she couldn’t help but to ask Mayu a question. “Why are you doing this…?”
“Well, you see…” Mayu rubbed her head and left a gap of silence. She didn’t know where to start much but decided to start somewhere or else the conversation wouldn’t be going anywhere. “I don’t want to make the same mistake again…and I don’t want you to marry him.”
“…Mistake?”
“The mistake that I left you.”
She approached Yuki and held her hand tightly. It had caught Yuki’s attention to her. “…Many things happened and forced me to give up on you, and I decided not to tell you why. However, I didn’t know it’s the worse decision ever. After since you’re gone, I couldn’t help but to think more of you, and love you even more than before.”
They made an eye contact with each other and the bride didn’t know why she couldn’t let her eyes away from Mayu’s at all. She felt totally captivated by the liveliness and passion in her eyes. She decided to tell Yuki everything that happened. Yes…it’s the story after since her father found out about their relationship, everything flipped over like a hurricane just went through. Her father threatened her to break up with Yuki since by coincidence; Yuki’s father was one of her father’s subordinates in the court. Her father wouldn’t care to fire Yuki’s father from work. Also, he’s having Mayu engaged with this man he chose for her. What kind of face could she have to face Yuki again after those things had happened? She didn’t have the courage to even confront Yuki anymore…she felt so ashamed of herself. She thought that breaking up with Yuki was the best choice to protect Yuki and her family, but now she had regretted it so much.
“…It’s been so long since we broke up, but…I love you. I don’t want us to be just friends, or couples. You’re my everything in my life.” Yuki was too stunned to even say any word and it was about time Mayu finished where she left off…once and for all.
“Yuki, allow me to take my cousin’s place in the ceremony instead? I want to be the one that will be by your side for the rest of your life.”
It was the sweetest smile Yuki ever seen from her and the bride blushed badly. As for Mayu, she could felt the huge burden lifted out from her chest after she said what she had wanted to say for so long. “This is my resolution. You might not forgive me for what I’ve done, you might not love me anymore…but I’m willing to risk it if it’s for the sake of being with you again.”
“…” Yuki remained in silence and couldn't help but to cry silently. Those tears made Mayu stunned and worried about the bride immediately. She wondered she might have said something wrong or not to upset Yuki.
“A-Ah…” Mayu’s voice was shaking but then she felt a strong embrace from the bride immediately. She could hear Yuki crying on her shoulders silently and she gently embraced the bride back. “Yukirin…?”
“Idiot…you idiot…”
She pushed away and wiped the tears from her eyes. “I never wanted to marry that man, the only person I wanted to be with is you since the beginning! After since we broke up…I couldn’t forget about you, every single day…”
After hearing those words Mayu couldn’t help but to blush with utmost contentment and kissed her lover immediately. Yuki wasn’t prepared for that forceful kiss but then she did kissed her back. She longed for the kiss for so long and she couldn’t hope for more than that. She wrapped her arms around Mayu’s neck to bring her closer to her body and deepen the kiss. Eventually, they had to broke that passion kiss because they need to inhale more air. Yuki eventually released Mayu and crouched down on the floor in order to hide her embarrassment. “Ah…this is so embarrassing! You’re just too daring…”
“Hehe~ because I want you as my own.” Mayu crouched down as well and stroked the bride’s head. Before Yuki could say anything, Mayu pulled out a ring from her pocket and held her hand right in front. “Allow me to ask again…Yuki, will you marry me?”
“…Of course, you idiot.”
Finally, Yuki had revealed her smile of utmost content. Mayu had put the ring on her bride, right at that second Yuki started to cry again. She couldn’t describe how happy she was at that moment at all. “I-I never thought that this would ever actually happen…!”
“You’re such a crybaby.”
“I’m just too happy right now…let me cry.” Yuki couldn’t force herself to hold her tears but the same applied to Mayu as well. She could feel her own tears running down her pink cheeks. She’s just too happy that Yuki accepted her proposal. Mayu caressed Yuki’s cheeks up so that they could make an eye contact with each other. Yuki smiled from the bottom of her heart, it’s an expression that she never had after since they broke up. “Mayu…I love you, even more than before.”
“Me too, this time I’ll protect you at all cost. No matter what happen, I’ll never regret what I’ve done.” Mayu smiled and kissed her lover’s forehead gently. It made Yuki felt ticklish and giggled.
“With you by my side, I had nothing to fear. I believe we can go through this together…” Yuki replied and received another gentle peck on the corner of her eye. She couldn’t hope for more, this was the best moment of her life as she’s able to be with the person she loved once again.
“Please don’t leave me again…”
“Never it will happen again, I swear.”
Mayu’s strong reply made Yuki’s heart skipped a beat. They made eye contact again and slowly Mayu’s lips touched with the bride’s once again. Slowly and passionately it developed into a romantic kiss. Mayu snaked her hand through Yuki’s hair and slowly pulled her head in closer to her in order to tighten the kiss. As the bride hugged and kissed her lover back with yearning for Mayu. They want this moment to last forever…
-
“M-Mayu…do you think that is a good idea?”
Yuki asked with worries as both of them were walking down the corridor of the hotel, holding each other’s hand. Mayu didn’t tell her anything in much detail yet but she said she would go meet with Yuki’s parents, who were in the wedding event as well.
“I don’t know too, I hope it works. Just have to place a bet on it.” Mayu wasn’t like her usual at all. She didn’t panic or worried about the consequences. Surprisingly she looked excited about what she’s planning to do right now.
“I want us to be together again, and I’ll do anything to make it happen.”
Yuki blushed with Mayu’s strong passion words, and she’s really happy to hear that from her lover. She felt the same as well and believed that they could go through this together, no matter what happened. “…Me too!”
-
They had finally arrived back to the room. It was as both expected, the room was a complete chaotic after they returned. There was a huge uproar of argument between Mayu and her father in the room. No matter what her father said, her mind was not wavered. What surprised everyone the most was that Mayu kneed down in front of Yuki’s parents and begged them to allow Yuki to be with her. No one could ever expect to see that from Mayu, especially Rena and Yuki who knew her for a very long time already. With her constant persistence, the Mayu’s mother came to side with her as well as Satoshi, her cousin. He didn’t have interest in Yuki as much as how the bride had no interest in him.
Yuki didn’t expect that coming but her fiancé was amazingly flexible and generous to both of them. He was surprised to see Mayu this serious and knew immediately that her love for Yuki was real. Therefore, he didn’t want to interfere with his beloved cousin’s love….Yuki felt as if she was witnessing a miracle before her eyes, one by one was persuaded and accepted their relationship due to Mayu’s strong determination.
…As everyone could’ve expected, the wedding event was completely a mess. On another day, Yuki’s parents called Mayu over for further conversation between her relationships with their daughter. Surprisingly, both of them were strongly convinced by Mayu’s determination back on that night. They could tell that Mayu was being honest with them through her eyes and words.
“Can I trust you that you won’t make her cry again?”
“I swear with my life on it!” She declared while she held Yuki’s hand tightly. “I’ll make sure she’s the happiest woman ever.”
The father remained in silence and had this soft smile across his face. “Well then, I guess I don’t have anything to worry now. I had witnessed your sincerity…I’ll leave my dear daughter in your care.”
They received approve from Yuki’s father, as well as her mother. Yuki let out a cry with utmost content. She couldn’t believe that miracle was happening. She’s able to be with Mayu again and her parents approved them. The smile he saw from Yuki was a smile hadn’t seen for so long…her father didn’t regret his decision at the slightest. To him, Yuki’s happiness was the priority. However it didn’t went smoothly on Mayu’s side…
The dispute between Mayu and her father never came to an end and it seemed her cut tied with her. However, Mayu’s mother acknowledged their relationship, it made Mayu felt happier than ever. She knew well that her father would definitely cut ties with her and banned her from her career. It’s the risk she decided to bet on and in the end, her father still didn’t understand his very own daughter until the very end…
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…It’s been months since that incident. They both were currently living in a small house that Mayu bought from the money she saved up from her career. Mayu had to get a new job and Rena introduced her a position in the university. She might not be able to go back to become a lawyer, but she could become a professor and teach in universities. They needed professors that could teach law, which fitted perfectly into Mayu’s field. Also, today Rena had decided to pay a visit along with her son, Jun.
“It’s great to see that you’re doing good now.”
Rena had a sip of tea that Mayu prepared for her. “I’m sorry that Jun’s might be bothering you and Yukirin now.”
“Don’t worry. Yukirin seemed to enjoy herself as well.” She glanced towards Yuki who was playing with Jun at the little lawn outside the house. Mayu turned back to her friend to continue the conversation where they left off.
“I heard the story from Yukirin…I’m really in debt with you.”
“Don’t say like that! I want you two to be happy.”
For few days ago, Yuki had shared her story to Mayu about how she actually did asked Rena for advice after they broke up as well. Rena was the one that told her not to give up on Mayu and believe in her. That’s the reason why Yuki deeply still have faith in Mayu until now and she never regretted it at all. How coincidently it also matched up with Mayu’s side as well. Rena knew the story from both sides and knew all along that they loved each other since the beginning.
“Back then…if it wasn’t for you that help us, I won’t be able to meet Jurina again.” Rena turned to look at Jun with those caring eyes. She recalled the memories when she last met Jurina and because she had faith until now, she had finally met with Jun. Rena knew all about this because she once had this discussion with Yuki before. However she had no chance to actually thanked Mayu for it and this is the moment for it.
“I should’ve thank you for that time too.”
“Heh…I guess its bygones then?”
“We can put it at that!” They giggled and then Rena had spotted the ring on Mayu’s left hand. She let out a smile and wanted to tease her friend about it. “How does it feel to be newly-wed couple?”
“W-Well, y-you see…” Mayu blushed badly and Rena couldn’t help to laugh at her friend’s childish respond. “D-Don’t laugh at me!”
“You’re just downright adorable!”
Rena enjoyed teasing Mayu so much. Then they had spent their lunch together and it wasn’t that long that the Matsui family had to leave the newly wed couple alone. “Well then, I’ll see you around.”
“Thank you for coming Rena-chan!” Yuki turned to Jun and patted his head energetically. “Let’s play again sometimes okay?”
“Yes! I’ll look forward to it!” He replied back lively and finally had left.
Right now, only Mayu and Yuki were alone in the house. Out of surprise, she felt her hand being held by Yuki gently. She turned and eventually made eye contact with Yuki, but it made Mayu wondered what her lover was thinking. However, she didn’t wait and suddenly kissed Yuki’s ear softly to tease her. Yuki jerked back and blushed badly at the same time. “W-What are you…doing?!”
“Eh? Isn’t that what you wanted?” She giggled before she moved in closer to Yuki. Their face was just few inches away from each other.
“So…last night wasn’t good enough?”
“I-Idiot! I didn’t meant like that!”
Yuki pushed herself away and covered her blushing face. She knew that Mayu was teasing her and then she felt a hug from behind. This time, it was gentle and it calmed Yuki down. “…What is it this time?”
“Neh, can we do it tonight?” She whispered with a low sexy voice and made Yuki fidgeted. She hoped that her lover wouldn’t push her away again this time. “Please?”
“M-Mou…do you really have to ask that?” Yuki got out from the hug and turned around to make eye contact with Mayu. “Isn’t the answer…obvious?”
“You’re just so cute Yuki~”
She threw her arms around her lover and enclosed her lips with Yuki’s. Even though it’s a short romantic kiss, it was good enough to turn Yuki on slightly. After they broke the kiss, Mayu whispered softly into her ears. “…I’ll make sure you don’t sleep tonight.”
“I wonder I’ll regret this now…” She sighed softly.
“Don’t worry! I won’t let you escape~” She hugged and snuggled Yuki tightly. Even though she wanted to push her perverted lover away, but Mayu acting like this was just too adorable for her to do something so mean like that. Only she could follow with the flow and let Mayu do what she wanted to.
…She thought back to few months ago when she was right about to marry a man she didn’t love. It just felt like a dream to Yuki. Despite all the pain and conflicts they both went through for years…in the end, there’s an actual happy ending after all.
-
Everything felt like a miracle…
I’m living with Mayu for the rest of my life…
I couldn’t hope for anything more than this…there’s nothing we’ll regret.
What future awaits us is not worth to be afraid of…
We’ll always be together until the very end…until death do us part.-
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~THE END~
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